Biography: Samah El-Shahat

Samah El-Shahat- TV presenter

26 Jan 2010 09:58 GMT

Samah El-Shahat

Samah El-Shahat is the new presenter of People & Power.

An accomplished programme maker, Samah has worked closely with Al Jazeera in the past, most recently on a special film for People & Power called 'A Bitter Clash'. This 15 minute film exposes the clash dividing rich and poor nations at the WTO, over proposals to reduce industrial tariffs, on a scale never seen before in the history of trade.

Samah founded Thingybob Productions, a film company, in order to raise awareness of development issues in the South.

Samah is also a development economist, and has been a consultant to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian Government, Foundation for International Training (FIT) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). She has also been an economic advisor on SMEs and innovation policy to the governments of Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan and Mauritius.

Samah will obtain her PhD in economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, in 2007.

Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East.

Broadcasting from within the Middle East, looking outwards, Al Jazeera English will set the news agenda and act as a bridge between cultures.

With unique access as the channel of reference for Middle East events, and broadcast centres strategically placed around the world in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English will balance the information flow from South to North, providing accurate, impartial and objective news for a global audience from a grass roots level, giving voice to different perspectives from under-reported regions around the world.

Al Jazeera English is building on the ground-breaking heritage of its sister Arab-language channel – Al Jazeera, which was responsible for changing the face of news within the Middle East, now extending that fresh perspective from regional to global.

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